‘We’ve had no leadership on the issue of energy.’
By on May 18th, 2006 at 11:35 am
‘We’ve had no leadership on the issue of energy.’
– Actor Robert Redford on Larry King last night, promoting our new KicktheOilHabit.org web video/campaign. Watch Redford, or read the transcript.
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Wait for Robert Redford to be slimed now.
May 18th, 2006 at 11:37 amAbsolutely, madashell. I thought he was very upfront and didn’t hold back his opinions. He will surely be dragged through the mud.
May 18th, 2006 at 11:41 amwell, if the best the oil industry can come up with are the CEI commericals in the last post, no worries!
May 18th, 2006 at 11:43 ama friend that worked for Redford back in 1989-1990, told me he hosted a summit on global warming with all the TOP scientists and top politicians.
May 18th, 2006 at 11:49 amAre y’all sure that wasn’t Don Imus posing as Redford?
I can understand why Don doesn’t want to look like himself, though.
Gore & Redford in ‘08?
May 18th, 2006 at 11:55 amThis administration is big oil. What is the plan, take the money from us and give it to them and big oil so they can have the largest earnings in history, quarter and quarter. And get control of the oil in the world whereever we can.
One of the first things Bush did when he got in office was to create the National Energy Policy Development Group, which was chaired by Cheney.
But, what the heck was Cheney doing in 2001 with his secret, nontransparent, Energy Task Force then?
Got to give a shoutout for the movie, “Smartest Guys In the Room”. A story about the rise and fall of Enron. Watch how they cooked the books with imaginary and hypothetical profits and manipulated the energy markets. And even get to see Bush Jr. and Bush Sr.
May 18th, 2006 at 12:03 pmEspecially following Katrina, but other instances as well, when Smirkey, the Little Emperor took his procession of Air Force One (et al) on the road for photo-ops, the chart showing the nations oil reserves sharply angled down. During one pontification, he urged the public to drive less. He repeated this mantra 8 times since Katrina hit. About the only conclusion anyone with two eyes, a thinking brain, and a compassionate beating heart can come to is, “he’s a syphilictic president, a hypocrit, puppet, and should be publicly hung from the first street post at the corner of K. St. and Pennsylvania Ave. There’s your leadership!
May 18th, 2006 at 12:04 pmWhat does Redford mean, “NO LEADERSHIP ON ENERGY“?
Supreme Crooks…’err Court… Justice Antonin Scumlia is right this minute taking grave exception to those misguided remarks…
May 18th, 2006 at 12:09 pmHmm, laudable performance, but then the web site link is all about E85 ethanol - different pushers, different drug, same result.
May 18th, 2006 at 12:22 pmChange the damn building codes to include energy generating renewables. The US is far behind China and Brazil in using technology to reduce dependence on oil. I’ve talked with sales execs from Kyocera and BP and both are stunned at the pure stupidity of the US consumer, government and corporations that don’t include renewables in the creation of new and upgrading of old infrastructure. Ethanol from corn is so energy intensive to make that it doesn’t solve anything but make more jobs (Brazil uses sugar cane).
Waiting for Adam Smith’s invisible hand will be as long a wait as the second coming of Jesus by christian zionists. There is no competition as the SEC made sure of that. Deregulation has created monopolies and oligopolies, precisely the opposite effect of what the SEC was created for. The FCC is another division of our government that hasn’t been worth a tinkers damn.
Technology is available, but even the Apollo Alliance is a dead cow that sucks in cash and has done nothing but generate doctored numbers from the states to meet what is supposed to be energy savings. Today’s technology and energy efficient amplification, low power/high torque motors, wide spread light weight composites and metal alloys…should have cut the cost of the average home appliance and HVAC system by up to 85% from what was available just 10 years ago. I see nothing on the horizon from any major manufacturer at the trade shows that suggest that we can expect the application of new energy saving technologies in the future. Once again, without real competition, the consumer can expect planned obsolescence and technology moving at a snail’s pace for products in the home.
Finally, the Americans persist in thinking that oil is endless and will not buy efficient cars and trucks in quantity. None of the American car makers create diesel or hybrid engines. They have to purchase them from other companies in Japan or Europe. The likelihood of hydrogen fuel cell cars is almost nil as there are no companies that are willing to put money into a distribution system. If it wasn’t for our representative government (when it was a representative government), there would be no internet, world wide web, interstate transportation system, satellite telecommunications system, landline communication system, clean tap water available to all, clean air, safe foods & medications, electricity and safe and equitable distribution, … Corporations have never been able to create and implement anything on the scale of what is necessary to cover the entire country and it would be nuts to think that they could or even should.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:29 pm#10 - exactly - what you said. Additional point, corporations (Detroit and Big Oil) have actually destroyed energy efficient mass-transit in pursuit of profit. There is no purpose for a corporation other than to make one pile of money into a bigger pile of money. Anyone old enough to have ridden on LAs tram service?
May 18th, 2006 at 1:44 pmI thought Redford was a republican? When I was in college I thought he came to a Dan Quayle rally?
May 18th, 2006 at 2:19 pm#12 - Hmm - maybe that’s why he’s all ethanol-inspired? But then why is CAP so starry-eyed about E85?
May 18th, 2006 at 4:23 pm#12, No, that was Quayle, tyring to spell potato.
No Corporation Left Behind!
May 18th, 2006 at 4:26 pm[…] We ve had no leadership on the issue of energy. Think Progress, DC - May 18, 2006 Actor Robert Redford on Larry King last night, promoting our new KicktheOilHabit.org web video/campaign. Watch Redford, or read the transcript. … […]
May 20th, 2006 at 11:26 amALL OF THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ARE GOOD, HOWEVER, IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THEM. WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON ALL OF THEM.
THE INSTANT SOLUTION TO OUR NATION’S APPETITE FOR GASOLINE IS TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT AND ENFORCE IT. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN AT LEAST A 10% SAVINGS AT 55 MPH COMPARED TO 65 MPH. EVERYONE DRIVES OVER THE SPEED LIMITS!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:10 amAPPEAL TO ALL DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN AND SAVE - GASOLINE & LIVES!!!!!
If we can get public financing for our elections, then we can elect people that represent the American public and not the corrupt energy companies. Until then, our governments elections will be bought and paid for by big business and our elected congrassmen and women will be beholden the them not us. It’s called Facism
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:24 pmHas anyone read the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ?
The Energy Policy Act of 2005
What the Energy Bill Means to You
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), signed by President Bush on August 8, 2005, offers consumers and businesses federal tax credits beginning in January 2006 for purchasing fuel-efficient hybrid-electric vehicles and energy-efficient appliances and products. Most of these tax credits remain in effect through 2007.
http://www.energy.gov/taxbreaks.htm
June 22nd, 2006 at 4:21 am